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2015 Press Releases

A quick-moving brush fire threatened homes in the Panorama Heights neighborhood of Bonney Lake Wednesday afternoon. More than 30 firefighters from East Pierce Fire and Rescue responded to the blaze that was reported at 3:54 p.m. (Posted July 15, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

A motorcyclist ran off the road in Sumner, sending the driver to a local trauma center and causing a small brush fire. (Posted June 25, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

Firefighters from East Pierce Fire and Rescue will be collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) through the annual "Fill the Boot" campaign at four collection sites throughout the fire district. (Posted June 3, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The East Pierce Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners announced the results of a national search to hire a new fire chief at a special meeting Thursday. In a unanimous decision, the commissioners voted to issue a conditional offer of employment to E. L. "Bud" Backer, deputy chief of Eastside Fire and Rescue, in Issaquah. (Posted May 15, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

East Pierce Fire and Rescue invites all Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Campfire members up to fifth grade to attend the second annual Scout Night event from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 29. (Posted May 7, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The East Pierce Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners have narrowed the number of applicants for fire chief to five and they are inviting the citizens who live within the district to provide their input during a candidate reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, May 11 at the fire station in Edgewood. (Posted April 29, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The East Pierce Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners appointed localbusiness man Victor Proulx to fill a vacancy following the retirement of Commissioner Rick Kuss. (Posted April 22, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

Firefighters from East Pierce Fire and Rescue are battling a brush fire that has already burned more than an acre in Prairie Ridge. (Posted April 17, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

At 10:15 p.m., East Pierce Fire and Rescue and the Pierce County Sheriff's Department responded to reports of a shooting in southwest Bonney Lake. (Posted April 17, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The East Pierce Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy following the retirement of Commissioner Rick Kuss. (Posted March 13, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The East Pierce Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners announced plans for a national search to hire a new fire chief, replacing Fire Chief Jerry E. Thorson who plans to retire this spring after more than 40 years in the fire service. (Posted Feb. 19, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

The recipients of the 2014 Recognition Awards were honored by the East Pierce Fire and Rescue Fire Commissioners and command staff in a ceremony held at the Edgewood station Tuesday. (Posted Feb. 18, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

East Pierce Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Jerry E. Thorson announced that he is retiring effective April 30. The announcement came after a special meeting of the East Pierce Board of Fire Commissioners Wednesday evening. (Posted Jan. 28, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

A second house fire in as many days destroyed a home in Bonney Lake's Rhododendron Park neighborhood Friday. (Posted Jan. 16, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

Fifty-foot flames were shooting through the roof of the house on the 19100 block of 107th Street East in Bonney Lake when firefighters arrived to battle the blaze just before midnight. (Posted Jan. 15, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)

Firefighters from East Pierce Fire and Rescue were forced to use the Jaws of Life to remove the occupants of a two-car, head-on crash that occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the 1800 block of East Valley Highway East in Sumner. (Posted Jan. 7, 2015) View Full Press Release (PDF)